{"product_id":"9781400077816","title":"Nicole Kidman","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the brilliant film historian and critic David Thomson, a book that reinvents the star biography in a singularly illuminating portrait of Nicole Kidman—and what it means to be a top actress today. At once life story, love letter, and critical analysis, this is not merely a book about who Kidman is but about what she is—in our culture and in our minds, on- and offscreen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTall, Australian, one of the striking beauties of the world, Nicole Kidman is that rare modern phenomenon—an authentic movie star who is as happy and as creative throwing a seductive gaze from some magazine cover as she is being Virginia Woolf in \u003ci\u003eThe Hours. \u003c\/i\u003eHere is the story of how this actress began her career, has grown through her roles, taken risks, made good choices and bad, and worried about money, aging, and image.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are the details of an actress’s life: her performances in \u003ci\u003eTo Die For, The Portrait of a Lady, Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge!, The Hours, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBirth, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other films; her high-visibility marriage to Tom Cruise; her intense working relationship with Stanley Kubrick and her collaborations with Anthony Minghella and Baz Luhrmann; her work with Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Renée Zellweger, and John Malkovich; her decisions concerning nudity, endorsements, and publicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd here are Thomson’s scintillating considerations of what celebrity means in the life of an actress like Kidman; of how the screen becomes both barrier and open sesame for her and for her audience; of what is required today of an actress of Kidman’s stature if she is to remain vital to the industry and to the audiences who made her a prime celebrity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImpassioned, opinionated, dazzlingly original in its approach and ideas, \u003ci\u003eNicole Kidman \u003c\/i\u003eis as alluring and as much fun as Nicole Kidman herself, and David Thomson’s most remarkable book yet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025186177264,"sku":"9781400077816","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781400077816_p0.jpg?v=1769894718","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781400077816","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}